COLT 42.04 Forbidden Romance on a Global Stage
This course explores the international perspectives on the romance genre from antiquity to the present. We will investigate how the genre has been constructed, institutionalized, appropriated, and re-invented in international socio-cultural and historical contexts. Situating romance literature in both regional and global contexts, the course will look at the genre’s enduring popularity across different historical periods and national boundaries while examining topics such as: gender, sexuality, marriage, loyalty, family, class, nation, censorship, the commodification of desire, and homoeroticism.
Distributive and/or World Culture
Dist:LIT; WCult:CI